SDE I Intern – Amazon University Talent Acquisition

Amazon is hiring Software Development Engineer interns for a six-month, full-time in-person internship in 2027. Interns work with experienced SDEs, managers and mentors on real customer-impacting projects involving distributed systems, automation, optimization, scalability, security and data-related technologies. Responsibilities include designing and building scalable software, working with distributed computing systems, developing storage/index/query systems and delivering high-quality software in an Agile environment.

Required Skills Computer science fundamentals Object-oriented design Operating systems Algorithms Data structures Complexity analysis

Programming in one or more of

C/C++ Python Java Perl Problem-solving Software design and coding Agile development Preferred / Additional Skills Previous technical internship experience Distributed systems Multi-tier systems Algorithms Relational databases Optimization mathematics Linear programming Nonlinear optimization Ability to explain technical challenges and solutions Handling ambiguous/undefined problems Abstract thinking